Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn
American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat
Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace
Politicians are not born; they are excreted
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life
Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood
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